The Thunder From Down Under...buffed male strippers excite!

I expect that if I utter up five little words - "The Thunder From Down Under" - the image of disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner will spring to mind.

Naw!

Weiner's weener is overcooked news (the last time I scanned local & national news clips).

Of course, I am spouting off at-the-mouth about a posse of sexy stud muffins - tanned and ripped - who are causing quite a few hearts to go pitter-patter at the Excalibur nightly on the Vegas strip.

If you're into the hulking male physique, or a bit of sensual bumping-and-grinding up-close and personal, then you'll want to trot over to the cool air-conditioned theatre to catch their high-energy romp which was touted as the "Best Male Stripper Review" of 2009!

Uh-huh!

Just betcha, the erotic display of half-naked Spartans, rugged Cowboys, and ennobling Knights (in shining Armour), will be enough to take your breath away.

And, prompt a posse of fans of male burlesque to dash up to the stage ringside, with the express aim of stuffing a fistful of dollars down their sexy whitie-tighties (and copping a feel while they're at it?).

Whether it is a night out on-the-town with the girls, or a prowl in "Sin City" to scout for a date, you won't be disappointed.

See 'ya there!

Well, I have to report on these landmark events, now don't I?

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Get along little doggie!
 

THOR...studly Chris Hemsworth stars! Jay Leno audience squeals with delight!

 
Tomorrow, when THOR is released across the country, I expect that Chris Hemsworth's star will soar into the stratosphere!





And - If the reaction the actor received Jay Leno 's audience last night is any indication, the studly actor is bound to become the hunk flavor of the month, too!

When Jay dragged out an old clip of the star performing on Australia's version of the entertainment show - Dancing with the Stars - female fans erupted into wild impromptu squeals of delight.

Uh-huh!

When the Aussie shook his tight little butt for the camera - in revealing skin tight slacks (you could have seen a pimple on his ass as plain as day) - it was evident that he was going to give Ricky Martin (appearing in Concert on May 7th) a run for his money!

Personally, I loved his classy distinctive accent when he chatted up Jay on the hot seat.

But, can he act?

When you look that good, who cares!

Needless to say, it is worth noting that Mr. Hemsworth is trained actor, who does not necessarily rely on his looks to propel his career forward in fickle Hollywood.

In fact, his resume boasts that he actually studied the performoing Arts at the  "American Dialect at Screenwise Film & TV School for Actors" in Sydney Australia.

Currently, he is lensing "The Avengers".

Past credits are nothing to sniff at and include Star Trek and the Perfect Getaway.

Thor should be his break into more commercial spot-light-grabbing starring featured roles if he plays his cards right!

In a nutshell, Thor is an action adventure flick about a powerful arrogant warrior, who is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth (God forbid!) where he soon becomes one of their fiercest defenders.

Hooked already, how 'bout you?

Chances are the the big-budget fantasy venture will be fairly entertaining with a loft of delicious visuals since Director Kenneth Branagh was at the helm of this much-anticipated project.

The project is also boosted up by that fact is was written by Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz.

Of course, if you've been tuning in to the late-night talk0-show circuit, you're keenly aware of the fact the film also stars Academy-Award-Winning actors Anthony Hopkins and Natalie Portman (fresh off of the Oscar-winning project Black Swan).

Undoubtedly, once the flick splashes across the wide-screen at Theatres tomorrow, ticket-holders and film buffs alike will be swept up and enthralled as the action unfolds from the get-go.

See 'ya there!

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Contacts at DNA Magazine in Australia invited me to - SPLASH! - a venue party at Sydney's Ivy Pool Bar hosted by Hautes Vacances.

Darn, I'm languishing hundreds of miles away on the West Coast of Calfornia, and unable to take the plunge.

But, Aussie bums - down under - should mark the calendar!

DJs Adam Love and Jason Barry flap the platters for what is expected to be an afternoon of sexy boisterous fun in the lazy  mid-day sun.

Against the sizzling sensual Splash! backdrop, DNA intends to unveil this year's much-anticipated swimwear edition

Uh-huh!

Studly male models will be flexing their stuff amidst a wild sea of hot 'n horny dudes yahooing on the sidelines poolside and at the bar where exotic cocktails and trendy ales are expected to flow throughout the high-energy event.

Kick one (or two) back for me, eh?

Tickets & Info

www.dnamagazine.com.au/splash

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Great Barrier Reef...rare fish species discovered beneath sea!

In the wake of the BP oil spill disaster - and under threat of global warming - Scentists have been scrambling to document various species and their habitats hundreds of kilometers below Australia's  Great Barrier Reef .

The ambitious task ended up being a Eureka moment.

During the course of probes with sophisticated remote-controlled cameras, researchers stumbled on amazing underwater creatures - the likes of which have never been seen before - such as ancient sharks, giant oil fish, swarms of crustaceans, and primitive shell-dwelling squid species (Nautilus).

Special low-light sensitive cameras designed to explore the ocean floor at levels of 1400 metres, also uncovered pre-historic six-gilled sharks alongside a myriad of unidentified fish species.

"Some of the creatures that we've seen we were sort of expecting, some of them we weren't expecting, and some of them we haven't identified yet," a scholar at the University of Queensland noted in a recent press release.

"There was a shark that I really wasn't expecting, which was a false cat shark, which has a really odd dorsal fin."

Research teams found it necessary to facilitate unsusual tools on occasion to lure the creatures out since they normally go about their business out of reach of the sunlight.

Most in the field agree that the situation has become urgent due to the  recent oil spills affecting the Great Barrier Reef, and the growing threat to its biodiversity by the warming and acidification of the world's oceans.

Consequently, there is a rush on to document the deep sea mysteries before they completely vanish.

Next stop?

The researchers are about to focus their attentions on the Gulf of Mexico and the devastating effects on the marine life there.

http://www.julianayrs.com

Ellen DeGeneres...shhhh! Harry Connick Jr. celebrates birthday of perky talk-show host Tuesday...

love that just out-of-bed look!

Do you think that Ellen is a sexist?

I was just zipping through her press release this morning (touting this week's guest line-up) when I spied an intriguing comment our favorite lipstick lesbo quipped about Dennis Quaid after his rippley-abbed appearance on the hit talk show last week.

For the record (she noted in so many words) that Dennis was quite cooperative.

"Maybe I'll invite him home to do the vacuuming," she chirped without batting-an-eye.

Shame!

Meanwhile, the stellar line-up of high-profile guests continues this week.

And, guess what?

Surprise! 

It's Ellen's birthday.

Harry Connick, Jr. - a crooner that the ditzy (but highly-intelligent) stage comic pines after, will saunter in to make "D" Day a very thrilling "B" Day.

Tune in, eh?

Should be tweet, with cake (festive icing) and par-tay hats!!!

But, first things first.

JANUARY 25TH - JANUARY 29TH

MONDAY (JANUARY 25th)

Valerie Bertinelli (the little cutie with a passion for rock 'n roll stars) will chat about her upcoming projects and life's rosy moments for a tad.

In fact, Valerie has promised to share her stay-in-shape diet & exerecise secrets.

ZACHARY LEVI will drift in at some point to tell Ellen all the about the new season for his hit TV show "Chuck".
And, with a thumbs up to Australia, hilarious Ellen will play a wild 'n crazy action-packed game of blindfolded musical chairs.

WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 26th)

Ellen invited a little-known country-music band to make their TV debut on the show a couple-of-years ago.

The band musicians in LADY ANTEBELLUM have become superstars in the interim.

As pay-back to generous DeGeneres, Lady Antebellum will get all gussied up and sashay onto the stage with a lot of thumping and cheering going down from die-hard fans (no doubt).

Ellen and her audience will be treated to an exclusive performance of their hit.

“Need You Now”

They’ll also give Ellen a big scoop - on all the insider-info - in respect to their deserving Grammy nominations (two)!

THURSDAY (JANUARY 28th)

Buffed stud - ubiquitous MARIO LOPEZ - is expected to bounce out on the stage brimming with enthusiasm about this 'n that  as the exciting fun-filled antics on Ellen top out for the week.

Just maybe, he'll share a few juicy backstage moments which may have gone down during the rehearsals for "Miss America" ( which he is hosting on Saturday night).

FRIDAY (JANUARY 29th

JOSH DUHAMEL, a former Male Model of the Year (no wonder he's so stiff), is slated to chat  up Ellen about his latest feature film “When in Rome.”

"White Collar" actor - MATTHEW BOMER - will stride out later in the show with titillating tales to tell, too;  after all, he is playing a mercurial con-man on the night-time TV circuit.

And, as they say at Warner Brothers, that's all folks!

'Til next week, anyhow.

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Hugh Jackman...he said what about sex & Americans?

Jackman he-man persona revs up fans!

In response to persistent rumors about his sexuality, Hugh Jackman was inclined to go on record this past week and note in so many eloquent words, that he is not - aw! - gay!

Actually, it is what the buffed heart-throb didn't say, that may have raised a spectre of doubt in a handful of die-hard homoerotically-inspired male fans.

Jackman didn't say he wasn't bisexual!

Oh boy, now the rumor mills will start churning out the dirt, eh?

Yeah, I think like a sneak, I know.

I've heard so much double-talk from Bill Clinton over the years, that I am inclined to be on-the-ready to dissect chest hairs, if necessary.

The debonair leading man (who just recently hosted one the highest-rated Academy Awards shows in recent years) was careful not to ruffle any peacock feathers, though.

On the heels of his public "non-outing", the Australian star was quick to follow-up with a statement sure to keep him out of hot water with gays activists (pansies, too) around the globe.

"There is nothing shameful about it (homosexuality)."

Did he ever give it the old "college try" in the locker-room shower, I wonder?

Hugh (married with children) wasn't a shrinking violet when it came to the subject of the American psyche as it pertained to animal passions (sex).

"The questions about sexuality I find more here in America than anywhere else, because its a big hang-up and defines what people think about themselves and others."

"Its not a big issue in Australia," he added as he swaggered off into the sunset.

What a stud, eh?

Ever been in the sack with a Daddy?

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Hugh Jackman...only reason to catch Australia! Virile screen presence...

At the ticket window I was informed by Theatre staff that there was a problem with a reel for the "Changeling".

For this reason, I would have to forgo on warming up to sensuous Angelina Jolie in Eastwood's new flick until the second dinner-time screening, or take in another flick.

Drats!

I found myself trundling into "Australia" which stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

Shortly after the celluloid sprang to life on the silver screen, I was tempted to slip out the back door for a quick exit.

The opening scenes were so God-awful!

A little voice inside whispered in my ear. It was a "patch job".

I expect those sequences were conjured up later to rustle up some - um - whimsy to the project after the producers reckoned they had a stinker on their hands.

Initially, I expect studio brass envisioned "Australia" a big sprawling saga.

What they ended up with was a vast rambling mess!

In fact, the big-budget feature is a twisted Hollywood hybrid, if anything.

The slow-starter is a romantic comedy cum passionate love story cum drama that just keeps coming without any energizer bunny to perk it up in any capacity along the bumpy way.

Thought the fiasco would never end.

When Ms. Kidman strode into the landscape - all spit and fire - I was inclined to hold on for a scene or two.

Just maybe, Cruise's former ex could turn the disaster around, eh?

As I twisted and turned in my seat uncomfotably - suddenly, without warning - the film sparked to life when Jackman (a strapping big dude) finally graced the screen.

What an entrance - albeit a "backwards" one - it was!

A shot from behind at dusk caught Jackman's rough 'n tumble character half naked from the waist up - boasting a surge of rippling muscles that caught the seductive light - and caused the audience to literally gasp.

Now, "Australia" charged full steam ahead.

For many, larger-than-life Jackman was good enough reason to hang on to the predictable end.

For the most part, the producers capitalized on his virile manly presence.

Jackman's character exuded a captivating macho swagger - delivered up in tight jeans and ubiquitous bulging crotch - and a jutting jaw that wouldn't stop.

Sexiest man alive? You betcha.

About two-thirds of the way through an emotional tug-of-war with Kidman (the Boss lady) - suddenly a transformation took place - which caused me to bolt upright in my seat.

When a few tender moments unfolded between Lady Ashley (Kidman) and Drover (Jackman) the close-ups said it all.

"Jackman may be the next Gregory Peck or Clark Cable," I uttered to myself in the dark.

Forget about the wolfman roles, Hugh.

Undoubtedly, there are loftier climbs ahead!